What is Android Studio and How to Use It?

Meet the integrated development environment that Google offers free for application developers. Here’s how to use Android Studio!

Android Studio, a platform designed for those who want to develop software on Android, has been in use since 2013. Thanks to the features it offers on its interface, software developers who design a new application can easily realize their projects.

So, what exactly is Android Studio? How to use it? We examine the answers to these questions together. Here’s what you need to know about AndroidStudio!

What is Android Studio?

We can say that it is an IDE (integrated development environment) that we can define as an application development platform that you can use for free. The platform developed by Google allows you to quickly develop the applications you want.

You can easily develop Android applications from IntelliJ IDEA in Android Studio. The applications you create with the tools on this platform can be used on almost all Android devices.

It can work integrated with Google’s Cloud services and App Engine developed for different purposes. In order to install this platform, which is supported by Apache license, you need Java JDK support. In other words, you must have the Java application downloaded on your device before you start using Android Studio.

It offers ease of use thanks to its smart code editor and new delimitation layout. You can find a toolbar, navigation bar, editor window, tool window, status bar, theme editor and design tools in a simple and useful interface.

Using these tools, you can quickly view the application you have designed thanks to its instant run feature. You can provide the necessary controls for your software to run more efficiently by taking advantage of the test tools included in it.

How to Install Android Studio?

• First, you need to download the AndroidStudio program to your device.
• After downloading this software, you can open the installation file and start the installation process by clicking ‘next’.
• After specifying the place to install the file, the components to be installed and the start menu settings, you need to say ‘install’.
• After the installation is complete, you can easily launch the program.
• When you run the program, you need to select the ‘do not import settings’ option in the window that appears and say ‘ok’.
• Afterwards, when you complete the relevant steps and select the interface, the installation process is completed successfully.

How to Use Android Studio?

• After launching the application, start a new project by clicking on the ‘start a new Android studio project’ button.
• In the window that opens, fill in the requested information according to your project.
• After determining the form settings, you can select the target device.
• If you wish, you can proceed by keeping the default settings in the first place.
• After selecting the template, your project will be created.
• To edit this project, you can use the interface with the toolbar, navigation bar and editing windows mentioned above to design your software as you wish.

Android Studio System Requirements

Let us also mention here that some system requirements are needed to use the application. We can list these system requirements as follows:

• 64-bit Intel i5 or higher processor
• Windows 8 and higher, macOS 10.13.3 and higher, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and higher
• Minimum 8 GB RAM
• Minimum 4 GB free internal disk space
• 1280 x 800 or higher screen resolution
• JDK (Java Development Kit)